CALDERWOOD & HARKNESS LLP Attorneys at Law 1601 K Street NW, Suite 900 Washington, DC 20006 Telephone: (202) 555-7400 Facsimile: (202) 555-7401 www.calderwoodharkness.com
August 23, 2023
Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 888 First Street NE Washington, DC 20426
Re: Ridgeline Midstream Services LLC — FERC Docket Nos. RP22-847-000 (Rate Case) and RP22-847-001 (Interconnection); FERC Code: 960442; Notice of Change in Contact Information for Applicant on Official Service List
Dear Secretary Bose:
Calderwood & Harkness LLP, as counsel of record for Ridgeline Midstream Services LLC ("Ridgeline" or the "Applicant") in the above-captioned proceedings, respectfully submits this notice of change in contact information for the Applicant on the official service list maintained by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (the "Commission") pursuant to 18 C.F.R. § 385.2010. This notice is submitted by George Trujillo, Responsible Partner in the Energy & Infrastructure practice group of Calderwood & Harkness LLP, filing on behalf of Ridgeline. Ridgeline is a Delaware limited liability company and a wholly owned subsidiary of Dunmore Energy Holdings Ltd. Ridgeline is the owner and operator of the Ridgeline Pipeline System, a 187-mile, 24-inch-diameter high-pressure natural gas pipeline extending through portions of West Virginia, Virginia, and Pennsylvania. Ridgeline is the applicant in the above-referenced proceedings, in which it seeks approval of an initial tariff rate for interstate transportation service and authorization for physical interconnection with Appalachian Trunk Pipeline Company, LLC ("ATPC") at a proposed interconnection point in Greenbrier County, West Virginia.
I. Background of the Proceedings
Ridgeline filed its application for an initial tariff rate and interconnection authorization with the Commission on May 12, 2022, pursuant to Sections 4 and 7 of the Natural Gas Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 717c and 717f, and in accordance with the Commission's regulations at 18 C.F.R. Parts 154, 157, and 284. In connection with that filing, Ridgeline submitted its FERC Gas Tariff, Original Volume No. 1, setting forth proposed rates, terms, and conditions of service for firm and interruptible transportation on the Ridgeline Pipeline System. The Commission noticed the application and assigned Docket No. RP22-847-000 to the rate case proceeding and Docket No. RP22-847-001 to the interconnection authorization proceeding. The two dockets have been consolidated for purposes of hearing and decision.
Following initial review by Commission staff, the Office of Energy Market Regulation ("OEMR") issued a Deficiency Letter to Ridgeline on January 19, 2023, identifying certain areas of the proposed tariff design that required additional analysis and supplemental filings. In response to the Deficiency Letter, and given the scope of the requested supplemental information, Ridgeline requested, and Administrative Law Judge Clara Whitfield granted, a stay of the procedural schedule on February 6, 2023, to allow Ridgeline to undertake a comprehensive tariff redesign consistent with the guidance set forth in the Deficiency Letter.
On May 10, 2023, Judge Whitfield granted Ridgeline's first motion for an extension of time, establishing a deadline of August 28, 2023, for the filing of Ridgeline's supplemental response to the Deficiency Letter and revised tariff sheets. As of the date of this letter, Ridgeline has filed a second motion for an extension of time, dated August 25, 2023, seeking an additional period within which to complete the tariff redesign. That motion remains pending before Judge Whitfield. The proceedings therefore remain subject to a stay of the procedural schedule, and the matter is in a dormant posture pending resolution of the second extension request and Ridgeline's completion of its supplemental filing.
II. Updated Contact Information for Ridgeline Midstream Services LLC
Calderwood & Harkness LLP respectfully advises the Commission and the Secretary that Ridgeline Midstream Services LLC has relocated its principal office from its prior address in Lexington, Kentucky, to a new location in Charleston, West Virginia. Accordingly, Ridgeline requests that the official service list maintained by the Secretary in Docket Nos. RP22-847-000 and RP22-847-001 be updated to reflect the following address for the Applicant:
Ridgeline Midstream Services LLC
Attn: James K. Winfield, CEO & President
700 Kanawha Boulevard East, Suite 1400 Charleston, WV 25301 Telephone: (304) 555-2200 Facsimile: (304) 555-2201
Mr. James K. Winfield serves as Chief Executive Officer and President of Ridgeline and is the primary contact for the Applicant at the new address. All future Commission orders, notices, and correspondence directed to the Applicant in these dockets should be addressed to Mr. Winfield at the address set forth above.
Ridgeline's registered agent for service of process in the State of Delaware remains unchanged and continues to be:
Capitol Filings Inc. 1209 Orange Street Wilmington, DE 19801
No change to the registered agent information is required on the official service list.
III. Counsel Contact Information (Unchanged)
Calderwood & Harkness LLP confirms that the contact information for counsel of record in these proceedings remains unchanged. The Commission should continue to direct all communications to counsel at the following address:
George Trujillo, Responsible Partner Brett Callahan, Lead Associate David Stanton, Working Associate Calderwood & Harkness LLP 1601 K Street NW, Suite 900 Washington, DC 20006 Telephone: (202) 555-7400 Facsimile: (202) 555-7401
Email: gtrujillo@calderwoodharkness.com
Email: bcallahan@calderwoodharkness.com
Email: dstanton@calderwoodharkness.com
Patricia Dunmore serves as billing partner on this engagement (Calderwood & Harkness Matter No. 1016-00005); however, George Trujillo remains the designated lead counsel for purposes of all Commission communications, filings, and correspondence in these proceedings.
IV. Request
Ridgeline respectfully requests that the Secretary update the official service list in Docket Nos. RP22-847-000 and RP22-847-001 to reflect Ridgeline's updated principal office address as set forth in Section II above. Ridgeline further requests that all future Commission orders, notices, and correspondence in these dockets be directed to the Applicant at its updated address at 700 Kanawha Boulevard East, Suite 1400, Charleston, WV 25301, and to counsel of record at Calderwood & Harkness LLP, 1601 K Street NW, Suite 900, Washington, DC 20006, as set forth in Section III above.
V. Service on Other Parties
In accordance with the Commission's regulations at 18 C.F.R. § 385.2010(f), copies of this notice are being served simultaneously on all parties on the official service list in Docket Nos. RP22-847-000 and RP22-847-001, including the following:
William Pratt, Esq. Kellner, Royce & Dillard LLP Counsel for Appalachian Trunk Pipeline Company, LLC One PPG Place, Suite 2800 Pittsburgh, PA 15222
Rebekah Montague, Esq. Whitmore & Sable LLP Counsel for the Mountainside Gas Producers Coalition 1200 New Hampshire Avenue NW, Suite 600 Washington, DC 20036
Stephen Greer, Esq. Fordham Municipal Law Group PC Counsel for the Clearwater Municipal Gas Authority 312 Adams Avenue, Suite 100 Scranton, PA 18503
Jonathan Briggs, Lead Trial Attorney Office of the General Counsel Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 888 First Street NE Washington, DC 20426
Dr. Miriam Okafor, Lead Economic Analyst Office of Energy Market Regulation Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 888 First Street NE Washington, DC 20426
Respectfully submitted,
CALDERWOOD & HARKNESS LLP
By: ________
George Trujillo Responsible Partner, Energy & Infrastructure Calderwood & Harkness LLP 1601 K Street NW, Suite 900 Washington, DC 20006 Telephone: (202) 555-7400 Facsimile: (202) 555-7401
Date: August 23, 2023
Enclosures: None
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I, Brett Callahan, Lead Associate at Calderwood & Harkness LLP, counsel of record for Ridgeline Midstream Services LLC in the above-captioned proceedings, hereby certify that a true and correct copy of the foregoing Notice of Change in Contact Information for Applicant on Official Service List has been served upon all parties on the official service list in Docket Nos. RP22-847-000 and RP22-847-001, by electronic means via the Commission's eFiling system and by first-class United States mail, postage prepaid, on this 23rd day of August, 2023.
The following parties have been served:
William Pratt, Esq. Kellner, Royce & Dillard LLP Counsel for Appalachian Trunk Pipeline Company, LLC One PPG Place, Suite 2800 Pittsburgh, PA 15222
Rebekah Montague, Esq. Whitmore & Sable LLP Counsel for the Mountainside Gas Producers Coalition 1200 New Hampshire Avenue NW, Suite 600 Washington, DC 20036
Stephen Greer, Esq. Fordham Municipal Law Group PC Counsel for the Clearwater Municipal Gas Authority 312 Adams Avenue, Suite 100 Scranton, PA 18503
Jonathan Briggs, Lead Trial Attorney Office of the General Counsel Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 888 First Street NE Washington, DC 20426
Dr. Miriam Okafor, Lead Economic Analyst Office of Energy Market Regulation Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 888 First Street NE Washington, DC 20426
Sandra K. Fenton, VP Regulatory Affairs Appalachian Trunk Pipeline Company, LLC 2200 Penn Center West, Suite 300 Pittsburgh, PA 15276
Calvin Dreyer, Executive Director Mountainside Gas Producers Coalition 1100 Main Street, Suite 210 Morgantown, WV 26505
Dennis Ott, General Manager Clearwater Municipal Gas Authority 455 Market Street Clearwater, PA 15330
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Brett Callahan Lead Associate Calderwood & Harkness LLP 1601 K Street NW, Suite 900 Washington, DC 20006 Telephone: (202) 555-7400 Facsimile: (202) 555-7401
Date: August 23, 2023